paradoxically

[ par-uh-dok-sik-lee ]

adverb
  1. in a self-contradictory or seemingly self-contradictory way: Paradoxically, the more we know, the more we identify an increasing number of questions to which we as yet have no answers.

Origin of paradoxically

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Other words from paradoxically

  • non·par·a·dox·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • ul·tra·par·a·dox·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • un·par·a·dox·i·cal·ly, adverb

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